The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Poland’s forestry law does not comply with the country’s obligations under an EU director to protect natural habitats and that there should be a possibility for forest management plans to be legally challenged. March 2, 2023>However, a leading figure from Poland’s ruling party, Beata Szydło – who was prime minister when the logging of Białowieża was authorised and now serves as an MEP – condemned the CJEU’s decision, which she portrayed as part of an attempt to gain influence over Polish government decisions. advisory board memberUNESCO Professor at the Jagiellonian University and Professor Emeritus at University College Londonadvisory board memberProfessor of European Studies at Oxford Universityadvisory board memberProfessor at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian Universityadvisory board memberExecutive Director of Taube Family Foundationadvisory board memberAssociate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, member of the Polish parliamentsadvisory board memberAuthor, winner of 2018 Nobel Prize in LiteratureauthorSiobhan Doucette is a historian whose work focuses the opposition movement in Communist Poland